James Franco & Aziz Ansari Among Judges For Vimeo Festival + Awards

Vimeo announced their judging lineup today for the upcoming 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards. The awards will be handed out across 13 different categories, with each category having a panel of three judges. And there are some pretty big names among the judges, including actor James Franco, actor Aziz Ansari, 2012 Oscar Nominee Lucy Walker, Colin Greenwood of Radiohead, director Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), and many more.

Vimeo Festival + Awards Judges Announced

According to Jeremy Boxer, Director of the Vimeo Festival + Awards:

“The aim of the Vimeo Festival + Awards is to become the gold standard for creative online video. We designed the program to focus on discovering the best new talent and to give that talent a platform that will catapult their careers to the next level. We are proud to reveal our new panel of esteemed judges.”

Here’s the full list of all the categories and most of the judges (the lineup is almost complete, but there are still a couple judging slots yet to be announced):

Action Sports

Stacy Peralta

Travis Rice

Advertising

Benjamin Palmer

David Droga

Traktor

Animation

Amid Amidi

Eran Hilleli

Shelley Page

Captured

Charlie Bucket

Steve Lazarides

Barbara London

Documentary

Eliot Rausch

Steve James

Lucy Walker

Experimental

Chris Beckman

Fashion

Nick Knight

Nicola Formichetti

Humberto Leon, Opening Ceremony+Kenzo

Lyrical

Blake Whitman

Philip Bloom

Maria Popova

Motion Graphics

Geoff McFetridge

Kyle Cooper

Onur Senturk

Music Video

Andy Bruntel

Chris Milk

Colin Greenwood, Radiohead

Narrative

Gabriel Bisset-Smith

James Franco

Original Series

Aziz Ansari

Edgar Wright

Ted Tremper

Remix

Beardyman

David Dewaele, 2manydjs + Soulwax

Kasumi

Vimeo Festival + Awards Still Open To Submissions

You can still enter the Vimeo Festival + Awards, since the deadline is February 20th. Any video that premiered online between July 31, 2010 and February 20, 2012 is eligible. The Grand Prize winner will get a $25,000 grant, while each category winner gets a grant worth $5,000. There aren’t many video marketers and creators I know who couldn’t use that kind of boost.

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Jeremy Scott is the founder of The Viral Orchard, an Internet marketing firm offering content writing and development services, viral marketing consulting, and SEO services. Jeremy writes constantly, loves online video, and enjoys helping small businesses succeed in any way he can.